Fact Friday

Fact Friday 416 - The Bagley-Mullen House

Fact Friday 416 - The Bagley-Mullen House

Happy Friday! This week's Fact Friday comes to you from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission & GPSMyCity. ---   The Bagley-Mullen House is a majestic brick mansion located at Poplar...

Fact Friday 416 - The Bagley-Mullen House

Happy Friday! This week's Fact Friday comes to you from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission & GPSMyCity. ---   The Bagley-Mullen House is a majestic brick mansion located at Poplar...

Fact Friday 271 - Brooklyn's Urban Renewal

Fact Friday 271 - Brooklyn's Urban Renewal

Happy Friday!   The Brooklyn community lay in what is now Second Ward, an area of Charlotte that was geographically lower than the other four wards, and for sewage and...

Fact Friday 271 - Brooklyn's Urban Renewal

Happy Friday!   The Brooklyn community lay in what is now Second Ward, an area of Charlotte that was geographically lower than the other four wards, and for sewage and...

Fact Friday 236 - The First Library for African-Americans in NC

Fact Friday 236 - The First Library for African...

Happy Friday!  Charlotte’s Brevard Street Library for Negros opened to the public on February 2, 1906, as the first free public library for African Americans in North Carolina. The Carnegie...

Fact Friday 236 - The First Library for African...

Happy Friday!  Charlotte’s Brevard Street Library for Negros opened to the public on February 2, 1906, as the first free public library for African Americans in North Carolina. The Carnegie...

Fact Friday 224 - Charlotte's First Tax-Supported Public Schools

Fact Friday 224 - Charlotte's First Tax-Support...

Happy Friday!  Charlotte’s first two tax-supported public schools opened on September 11, 1882. Given this was prior to Brown vs. The Board of Education, the two schools were segregated, with...

Fact Friday 224 - Charlotte's First Tax-Support...

Happy Friday!  Charlotte’s first two tax-supported public schools opened on September 11, 1882. Given this was prior to Brown vs. The Board of Education, the two schools were segregated, with...

Fact Friday 110 - The Original Four Wards - Fourth Ward

Fact Friday 110 - The Original Four Wards - Fou...

Happy Friday!   Fourth Ward, like Third Ward, consists of an old section plus a new development beyond the Southern Railway tracks. Unlike Third Ward, however, the older area has...

Fact Friday 110 - The Original Four Wards - Fou...

Happy Friday!   Fourth Ward, like Third Ward, consists of an old section plus a new development beyond the Southern Railway tracks. Unlike Third Ward, however, the older area has...

Fact Friday 109 - The Original Four Wards - Third Ward

Fact Friday 109 - The Original Four Wards - Thi...

Happy Friday!   What is now considered Third Ward is made up of two very separate areas. The first is the original Third Ward bounded by Morehead Street, Graham Street...

Fact Friday 109 - The Original Four Wards - Thi...

Happy Friday!   What is now considered Third Ward is made up of two very separate areas. The first is the original Third Ward bounded by Morehead Street, Graham Street...